ACC 349 Week 3

Individual Article Analysis Summary

Use the Internet or other credible resources to find an article relevant to activity-based costing (ABC), job costing, or process costing.

Write a 125-word summary of the article.

Summarize the major topics of the article, and explain what you learned as a result of your reading.

Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.

Individual Assignments Ch. 4

Prepare written responses to the following assignments from Ch. 4 of Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making:

Exercises E4-10 and E4-11

Questions 13 and 14

Learning Team Problems Ch. 4

Prepare written responses to the following problems from Ch. 4 of Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making:

Problems P4-3A and P4-4A

Learning Team Case Study Ch. 4

Prepare written responses to the following case study from Ch. 4 of Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making:

Managerial Analysis BYP 4-2

Discussion Questions

For what is the cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis used? Discuss some of the key assumptions that make CVP analysis useful for decision makers?

Explain the incremental analysis approach and give some examples of when this would be used?

Name some of the differences between variable and absorption costing? Why is variable costing not allowed for GAAP reporting?